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Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - The Threshold Podcast examines environmental concerns. Today we visit with Founder and Executive Producer Amy Martin about their special episode on drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. ~~~ We continue on conversations about industries dramatically impacted by the global pandemic. Today we hear from the state’s Director of Tourism, Sara Otte Coleman.

Monday, January 11, 2021 - Secrets of the Viking Stone is a new show on the Science Channel. Peter Stormare, known for his role in FARGO , and history enthusiast Elroy Balgaard set out to solve the mystery of the famed Kensington Runestone. We visit with Stormare. Biologist Chuck Lura talks about hills, mountains, and buttes in this week’s Natural North Dakota essay, Mountain Removal Project. Laurel Reuter is the executive director of the North Dakota Museum of Art. We check in with her in our

Sunday, January 10, 2021 - We get the latest COVID news from Dave Thompson. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, Song Catchers. ~~~ We air the radio play, Persistence, about the fight for women’s suffrage.

Friday, January 8, 2021 - Nick Hacker chairs the State Board of Higher Education. We look back on the many changes of 2020 and what they can expect for 2021. Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay, Song Catchers. ~~~ News Director Dave Thompson has his weekly news debrief. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Promising Young Woman.”

Thursday, January 7, 2021 - Jack Russell Weinstein is a philosophy professor at UND. Today he joins us for a philosophical perspective on what happened yesterday in Washington D.C. when an armed mob besieged the US Capitol. ~~~ Sue Balcom joins us for this week's Main Street Eats with her New Year's Resolution to get the feel of losing weight by decluttering and deep cleaning your home!

Tuesday, January 5, 2021 - We continue our conversations about industries dramatically impacted by the global pandemic. Today we hear from Alex Rydell, president of the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. ~~~ There’s a new film coming out called Nomadland. It’s about people who follow their work going, wherever they're needed. Think custom combiner or oil patch workers. In the case of the lead character, played by Frances McDormand, an older woman finds her social security and pension

Monday, January 4, 2021 - 2020 had major implications for everyone. Today we visit with Kirsten Baesler, North Dakota's State Superintendent of Public Instruction to get a recap of how educators and policy makers coped. ~~~ Megan Laudenschlager of Strengthen ND is John Harris’s guest in an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show.

Friday, January 1, 2021 - “Texas Titans: George H.W. Bush and James A. Baker, III: A Friendship Forged in Power” is a new book by Charles Denyer. It details the remarkable friendship of Bush and Baker that spanned six decades and how that close friendship impacted the world. Guest host Rick Collin, presidential historian and former faculty member at the U of Mary visits with the author.

Thursday, December 31, 2020 - Our monthly journalists roundtable discussion always features news director Dave Thompson and two guest journalists from around the state. Today’s guests are columnist and former editorial page director at the Forum, Jack Zaleski; and Cecile Werhman, owner and editor of the Crosby Journal and the Tioga Tribune. ~~~ Mark Trahant shares a year-end commentary.

Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - Tom Brosseau is back in North Dakota, and he’s back on Main Street to tell us about the new episode of the Great American Folk Show, which airs Sunday on Prairie Public. ~~~ Sue Balcom discusses sprouting in this week’s Main Street Eats. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Nomadland” and “Wonder Woman 1984”